céu
The verdict
“céu” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,163 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,163
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: parte do espaço que parece formar uma abóbada em cima de nossas cabeças; abóbada celeste
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | céu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛw/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “céu” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for céu is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɛw/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,163 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for céu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "cu", "ci", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is céu, spelled C-É-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1parte do espaço que parece formar uma abóbada em cima de nossas cabeças; abóbada celeste
- 2região superior, tida como morada da divindade e dos bem-aventurados; Paraíso; Éden
- 3a divindade ela mesma
- 4o ar, atmosfera
- 5espaço infinito no qual se movem os astros
This word in other languages
Frequency rank: #1,163 in Portuguese
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Using “céu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-É-U — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɛw/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “co” — see the side-by-side comparison. céu vs co
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index: